yadoomerta

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by yadoomerta 4y ago
I feel this so much. It seems like the whole tech industry is just sick. Nobody is making anything worthwhile. Its just all ad-tech or scummy subscription plans, or other new and exciting ways to "extract" the "value" ou
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by yadoomerta 4y ago
same -_-
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by yadoomerta 4y ago
Of all the comments in the thread, this one feels the most true to me. If you don't mind me asking, what did you end up doing?
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by yadoomerta 4y ago
That's where I'm at right now :( So many years of putting out a garbage product nobody wants gets to you And then nothing else seems better
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by yadoomerta 4y ago
What sort of job did you switch to? My problem right now is that I am pretty convinced I'm burned out, but nothing seems better. Objectively the job is fine if a little pointless, and if I can't appreciate that one .. y'kno
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by yadoomerta 4y ago
i sympathize a lot with all of the symptoms. in my experience, as someone who used to work pretty hard, once you're past the cusp of 'it's all pointless' it makes it really really hard to bother. Like you're not get
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by yadoomerta 4y ago
Yeah I agree that "save the world" is always almost garbage. Doesn't that suck though? Is it too much to ask to have the majority of my life spent doing something worthwhile?
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by yadoomerta 4y ago
<3
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by yadoomerta 4y ago
I struggle to think of one way that the average american is better since 2010. Most of the "hard problems" being solved by tech companies are ways to increase shareholder value, find new and more invasive ways to advertise.
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by yadoomerta 4y ago
Building cool and useful things is idealistic! Making things people can enjoy and sharing them with the world is wonderful and something not found in a lot of companies. I think the zealotry is being protectionist trying to keep things fun
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by yadoomerta 4y ago
np. & I was very glad to see your post too It makes me sad how many people seem (wilfully?) deluded about what companies are doing. Gotta be a great time to solve interesting problems and make good money as long as you don't care w
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by yadoomerta 4y ago
I know I should get this view, it seems a much healthier way to live. I just find it so overwhelmingly sad how much time and effort in the world is wasted on things like marketing. And it's gotten to the point at my job where it's
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by yadoomerta 4y ago
I agree, modern medicine is great. (Notsomuch insurance at least in America) Other than that though, I find it very hard to point to anything heading in the right direction. Nobody is trying to "massively improve the quality of life of
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by yadoomerta 4y ago
Thank you for saying this.
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by yadoomerta 4y ago
I've been feeling this same way recently. Used to love checking here, seeing people's projects, finding the new trends and ideas. And I don't think hn has changed but more my perspective on the software industry (and the worl